Façamos [Vamos Amar] [English translation]

Citizens of Japan do it

A billion people in China do it

Let's do it, let's love!

The Spanish and the Laplanders do it

The Lithuanians and the Latvians do it

Let's do it, let's love!

The Germans in Berlin do it

And people also do it in Bonn...

People in Bombay do it

The Indians think it's good.

The Japanese children, the nikkei1 and the third generation of Japanese emigrants do it

Back in San Francisco, a lot of gay people do it

Let's do it, let's love!

The nightingales and the soirees2 do it

Gnawing woodpeckers do it

Let's do it, let's love!

Uirapurus3 in Pará4 do it

Sparrows in the corn meal5 do it

Let's do it, let's love!

Low quality chickens do it

And they never say ‘no’

And owls, yes, they do it

As wise as they are

And the turkeys, all naked, do it

Hawks, peacocks and vultures do it

Let's do it, let's love!

The goldfishes from Solimões6 do it

Shrimps do it7

Let's do it, let's love!

The piranhas do it only for its sake

Lovers do it for pleasure

Let's do it, let's love!

Electric fishes do it well

Between kisses and shocks

Broadnose sharks are also doing it

Not to mention the haddocks

Salmons in salt, in general, do it

Codfishes in Portugal’s sea do it

Let's do it, let's love!

Dragonflies and black chickens do it

Centipedes do it with no problem

Let's do it, let's love!

Praying mantises do it for faith

People say that chigoe fleas8 are doing it

Let's do it, let's love!

Moths9 also do it

With an unusual passion

Dear, crickets do it

And they don’t worry about it

Male bees do it with their stingers

Fleas in under panties and in shorts do it

Let's do it, let's love!

Anteaters and armadillos do it

Courageous kangaroos do it

Let's do it, let's love!

Rabbits, only and alone, do it

Monkeys hanging on woody vines do it

Let's do it, let's love!

Girls with their beautiful boyfriends9 are doing it

Sighing out loud

The handsome guys do it

These guys do it a lot

Bare lions, under the sky, do it

Bears, who feast on honey, do it

Let's do it, let's love!

Let's do it, let's love!

1. Individual members of the Japanese diaspora2. A 'sarau' is (often) a nocturnal meeting that involves art, music, poetry and the like3. A typical Brazilian bird4. A Brazilian state5. Please take a look here: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/tico-tico-no-fub%C3%A1-sparrow-corn-meal.h...6. A river in Northern Brazil7. I don’t know what ‘camarães’ means. Perhaps it’s a play with ‘camarões’ (plural of ‘camarão’ -> shrimp)?8. Parasitic arthropod found in most tropical and sub-tropical climates9. a. b. Not a literal translation

• Artist:Elza Soares
• Album:Do Cóccix Até O Pescoço (2002)